Rep. Vern Buchanan
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Bills Introduced 134
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Kings Road in Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Rutledge Pearson Post Office Building". [HB-3638]
[Community Development ]
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Kings Road in Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Rutledge Pearson Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Kings Road in Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Rutledge Pearson Post Office Building."
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Became Public Law No: 115-150. (txt | Pdf) on 03/23/2018
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [HB-1]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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[Public Lands and National Parks ]
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses. It also establishes an oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. (Unless otherwise specified, provisions referred to in this summary as temporary or as a suspension of an existing provision apply for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026.) TITLE I Subtitle A-- Individual Tax Reform
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Rice
Signed By President. on 12/22/2017
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Family Support Act of 2018 [HB-5382]
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[Education ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Family Support Act of 2018 This bill accelerates the benefits of tax deductions for charitable cash contributions made for the relief of the spouses, dependents, or guardians of the slain or injured victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that occurred on February 14, 2018. A taxpayer who makes such a contribution may claim a deduction in 2017 for contributions made on or after February 13, 2018, and before April 18, 2018. Recordkeeping requirements for the deduction may be satisfied using
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Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore Deutch
Introduced In House on 03/22/2018
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Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018 [HB-5247]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
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Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 367. on 04/09/2018
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STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 [HB-4909]
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[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2028 the Secure Our Schools grant program. This grant program provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to improve security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 03/15/2018
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Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 [HB-4547]
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[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 TITLE I--STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT AND BENEFICIARY PROTECTION (Sec. 101) This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to make annual grants to each state's protection and advocacy system for the purpose of conducting reviews of representative payees under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. The SSA must also conduct periodic onsite reviews of individual and organizational payees. (Sec.
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Signed By President. on 04/13/2018
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PUPPERS Act of 2017 Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species Act of 2017 [HB-3197]
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[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
PUPPERS Act of 2017 Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs, in carrying out research within the Veterans Health Administration, from purchasing, breeding, transporting, housing, feeding, maintaining, disposing of, or experimenting on dogs as part of the conduct of any study that causes significant pain or distress.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 07/12/2017
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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [HJR-2]
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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. The amendment requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber of Congress to increase the public debt limit. It requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Mr. Goodlatte Moved To Suspend The Rules And Pass The Resolution. on 04/12/2018
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Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2017 [HB-2652]
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[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
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Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the last five years, regardless of whether information relating to such deaths has been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A "covered veteran" is any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Introduced In House on 05/25/2017
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No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2017 [HB-1599]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
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No Bonuses for Tax Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the payment of any performance award (including, but not limited to, bonuses, step increases, and time off) to an employee of the Internal Revenue Service who owes an outstanding federal tax debt.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave Brat
Introduced In House on 03/17/2017